An operation in the Northern Cape in mining hotspot areas resulted in the arrests of nine suspects and the confiscation of unpolished diamonds ... place at a farm near Koingnaas.

The community of Namaqualand in the Northern Cape wants to take over ownership of the West Coast Resources (WCR) diamond mine in Koingnaas that is facing liquidation. WCR, which is owned by the Trans ...

A Diamond Is Forever. Namaqualand Mines. Welcome to Koingnaas. By night ... 2007 to 2009 were the hardest,” says Aletta Wessels, a blue-eyed woman in her 60s. “Every weekend moving vans ...

Name: De Beers Namaqualand Mines. Location: Namaqualand mines are situated along a 157 km stretch of the Atlantic coast. Brief History: Jack Carstens found the first diamonds in Namaqualand on the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Northern ... 32ct and 28ct diamonds as well as a number of yellow, pink and blue-covered diamonds. Lucapa said in its ASX statement that the mine “has ...

LONDON - A 29.6-carat blue diamond, one of the rarest and most coveted in the world with a possible price tag of tens of millions of dollars, has been discovered at a South African mine by Petra ...